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<h1>User Libraries Preferences</h1>
<p>Indicate your preferences for the User Libraries settings on the <a class="command-link" href='javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.jdt.ui.preferences.UserLibraryPreferencePage)")'> <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="Opens the User Libraries preference page">
<b> Java &gt; Build Path &gt; User Libraries </b></a> preference page.</p>
<p>A user library is a set of JAR files. A user library can be added to a projects build path
through the build path properties page. The User Libraries preference page allows to define,
edit, import, export, or remove user libraries.</p>

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			<p>Option</p>
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			<p>Description</p>
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			<td valign="top">New...</td>
			<td valign="top">Creates a new user library</td>
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			<td valign="top">Edit...</td>
			<td valign="top">Edits the currently selected library, JAR or JAR attribute</td>
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			<td valign="top">Add JARs...</td>
			<td valign="top">Adds one or more JARs to the currently selected user library</td>
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			<td valign="top">Remove..</td>
			<td valign="top">Removes the currently selected user library or JAR</td>
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			<td valign="top">Up</td>
			<td valign="top">Moves the currently selected JAR up in the list of JARs of a user library. The order can be important if more than one JAR contain a type with the same qualified name.</td>
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			<td valign="top">Down</td>
			<td valign="top">Moves the currently selected JAR down in the list of JARs of a user library. The order can be important if more than one JAR contain a type with the same qualified name.</td>
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			<td valign="top">Import...</td>
			<td valign="top">Adds new libraries from an import file</td>
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			<td valign="top">Export...</td>
			<td valign="top">Exports libraries to an import file</td>
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<h3 class="related">Related references</h3>
<a href="../../../../reference/ref-properties-build-path.htm">Java Build Path page</a>
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